Reports by Consumers

If you attend the Oscars, you get a whole pile of goodies. Nothing any of our consumer reporters has rated, but things that will make you instantly trendy and star-like.

girlhacker has tossed together her yearly list of all the stuff celebs are going to be scooping up at the Academy Awards, and as usual, the people who can best afford to pay full price for stuff are getting a bunch of freebies. Here are all the slick new gadgets they’re getting:

* A year free year of VoIP phone service from Vonage.
* The black version of Motorola’s RAZR V3.
* An iXi collapsible bike.
* A Dyson DC11 vacuum.
* Sprint is offering some unreleased “multimedia” phone from Samsung, maybe the SCH-5600?
* A Krups kitchen set that includes a toaster and an electric kettle.